MAYA WINSHELL

Education & Events Coordinator

• Hometown: San Francisco, CA 
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: Sept 2021
• SCRAP expertise: Hand lettering cool fonts on signs, creating marvelous displays, tripping over boxes behind the register, running to find one more specific item that I’m convinced will be the perfect finishing touch for your project
• Favorite store items: Miniatures, vintage cards and collage material, ornate little statues, stickers 
• Favorite creative reuse project: incorporating stickers into drawings, zine-making
• What they’re up to off the clock: Cooking, watching episode after episode of soapy TV with friends, listening to music, thrifting, leisurely wandering around the grocery store

Pronouns: she, her, hers

portlandeducation@scrapcreativereuse.org

HELEN MEIGS

Volunteer Coordinator

• Hometown: Portland, OR
• Current Residence: Portland, OR
• Been at SCRAP since: September 2023
• SCRAP expertise: Saying "oooo I want to try that" when hearing about a cool project!
• Favorite store item(s): interesting fabric scraps and collage materials
• Favorite creative reuse project: making something witchy with found objects
• What they’re up to off the clock: reading, dunking in cold streams, backyard lounging

Pronouns: she, her, hers

portlandvolunteer@scrapcreativereuse.org

RILEY LOZANO

Donations Coordinator

• Hometown: Phelan, CA
• Current Residence: Portland, OR
• Been at SCRAP since: May 2023
• SCRAP expertise: Making up songs about incoming donation items, problem solving tricky craft problems, the audacity to figure out how to DIY anything.
• Favorite store items: Fabric scraps, those random samples of keychain bits.
• Favorite creative reuse project: Anything involving paper and glass bottles.
• What they’re up to off the clock: Exploring Oregon, Marble hunting, reading, making theater and short films, cuddling her cat and dog.

Pronouns: she, her, hers; they, them

portlanddonations@scrapcreativereuse.org

LYDIA AUGUSTUS

Online Content Coordinator

• Hometown: Dallas, TX  
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: October 2024 
• SCRAP expertise: Identifying anything vintage/retro. I'm absolutely in love with vintage items/craft supplies and will most definitely obsess over it.   
• Favorite store items: Vintage fabric, anything cat-related, and everything retro. 
• Favorite creative reuse project: Painting and making miniature foods 
• What they’re up to off the clock:  I'll probably be reading a fantasy-romance novel, trying a new restaurant, or exploring a different area of Portland.

Pronouns: she, her, hers

portlandshop@scrapcreativereuse.org

ANYA UPSON

Business Donations Coordinator

• Hometown: Berkley, CA  
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: October 2024 
• SCRAP expertise: I'ld say I'm pretty knowledgeable about sewing and ceramics
• Favorite store items: Mardi gras beads! And any kind of tassel/ fringe. 
• Favorite creative reuse project: I made a leeloo from the 5th element costume from used karate belts 
• What they’re up to off the clock: Crafting, sewing, biking

Pronouns: they/them

portlandbusinessdonations
@scrapcreativereuse.org

HOLDEN MORRA

Reuse Specialist

• Hometown: Cleveland, OH  
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: February 2019 
• SCRAP expertise: Finding things among the chaos, memorizing prices, fawning over cute fabrics, and talking all day   
• Favorite store items: Nice jars, vintage stuff, weird things, buttons, trim and sparkly stuff. 
• Favorite creative reuse project: Knitting needle crowns 
• What they’re up to off the clock:  Watchin  t.v,  loving my pets, sewing, cooking, sleeping and trying to figure out what to do with all the stuff i brought home from SCRAP.

helloportland@scrapcreativereuse.org

ANN CHERIN

Donations Specialist

• Hometown: Doraville, GA
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: November 2022
• SCRAP expertise: Finding buried treasure. Getting donations from door to floor. Organizing all the little fidly bits.
• Favorite store items: Metal, giant barrels full of anything. 
• Favorite creative reuse project: Glass jar terrariums with nature crafts and miniatures.
• What they’re up to off the clock: Home organizing, MIG welding, reading, watching TV cooking competitions, hanging out with family, trying to keep my dog from eating all the things.

Pronouns: she, her, hers

portlanddonations@scrapcreativereuse.org 

KATE BURCK

Education Specialist

• Hometown: Harrison Township, MI
• Current Residence: Portland, OR
• Been at SCRAP since: March 2023
• SCRAP expertise: Scraping (hah, get it!) the Edu. Studio together, obscure object identification (results not guaranteed), getting enthusiastic about old sewing machines, convincing you, YES YOU, that you can make something, and resident Birthday Craft Concierge.
• Favorite store items:  Vintage notions and sewing packaging, that perfect bit of wood or cork I need, and just a bit of fabric - never a whole yard!
• Favorite creative reuse project: Scrap beasts! Little creatures made from corks and whatever you might find in your junk drawer (or scrap store!
• What they’re up to off the clock: Making soft sculpture crochet friends from bits I get at SCRAP, walking everywhere all the time, dabbling in Animation, and being maybe TOO organized?

Pronouns: she, her, hers

portlandeducation@scrapcreativereuse.org

LILY PERKINS

Reuse Specialist

• Hometown: Portland, OR
• Current Residence: Portland, OR
• Been at SCRAP since: January 2024
• SCRAP expertise: none, yet!
• Favorite store items: funky pin cushions, vintage cards
• Favorite creative reuse project: patch pants with scrap fabric!
• What they’re up to off the clock: working at a book store, watching Oscar nominated movies with my mom and rotating between a variety of crafts!

Pronouns: she, her, hers

helloportland@scrapcreativereuse.org

LUCY GRIMM

Reuse Specialist

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• Been at SCRAP since: January 2024
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helloportland@scrapcreativereuse.org

BLUE BARRY

Reuse Specialist

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• Been at SCRAP since: January 2024
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helloportland@scrapcreativereuse.org

CAP'n SPARKLETOOTH

Greeter

• Hometown: Mariana Trench, Pacific Ocean 
• Current Residence: Portland, OR  
• Been at SCRAP since: December, 2016
• SCRAP expertise: Convincing people to donate bags, appearing in photos   
• Favorite store items: Sequins, roses, the Davey Jones’ Locker bin 
• Favorite creative reuse project: skull decorating, treasure map making 
• What they’re up to off the clock: Singing shanties, swabbing the deck, walking the plank, haunting taverns and reuse centers, not being for sale